On the morning of November 24th (Thanksgiving), Dominican Sister of Hope Jorene Cieciuch, OP was welcomed into eternal life. As we give thanks for the gift of her years among us and the many ways she touched our lives so profoundly, we share this article from 2015...
On September 25th, Sister Joan Ruth Whittle passed away. Below, we remember her for her years of teaching and for her most recent ministry volunteering as a school librarian. In 2011, after fifty-three years of teaching, Dominican Sister of Hope Joan Whittle, OP...
There are few things our sisters love more than hearing from former students and walking down memory lane. If you were taught by a Dominican Sister of Hope, Newburgh, or Fall River/Saint Catherine of Siena, this Teacher Appreciation Day is the time to let us know!...
When Mary Jane Miller’s friend proposed that they paint icons in the church basement one Wednesday afternoon, she thought he was crazy. “We don’t know a thing about icons!” she protested. The pair had no formal training –save a one-week iconography class— and Mary...
In 1968, Sister Ann Stankiewicz requested to go to Washington D.C. to live with a small group of Dominican Sisters and minister to a black community. It was a big ask. Sister Ann was part of a teaching community in which Sisters were not just expected to be teachers...
